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the court
(صحن)

Title	the court
Title Original	صحن
Publication Date:	Third century AH / ninth century AD
Publication Place	- David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Type	Other
Language	Undetermined
Digital	Yes
Manuscript	No
Library:	Museum With No Frontiers
Library Asset ID	Inv.no. 50/1999
Record ID	object;EPM;dn;Mus21;5;ar
Library Location	David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark
Date	Third century AH / ninth century AD
Notes	Ceramics with molded or relief-printed decoration are inspired by Roman or Sassanian metalwork and are known from the beginning of the Umayyad period. This flat plate with a distinctive engraving in the Arabic Kufic script is a later development of this type and is also an example of the pure and harmonious style that was found in Iraq in the Abbasid era.
Sample Text	"Plate" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;5;ar

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the court

(صحن)

Publication Date Third century AH / ninth century AD

Publication Place - David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Type Other

Language Undetermined

Digital Yes

Manuscript No

Library Museum With No Frontiers

Library Asset ID Inv.no. 50/1999

Record ID object;EPM;dn;Mus21;5;ar

Library Location David Collection, Copenhagen, Denmark

Date Third century AH / ninth century AD

Notes Ceramics with molded or relief-printed decoration are inspired by Roman or Sassanian metalwork and are known from the beginning of the Umayyad period. This flat plate with a distinctive engraving in the Arabic Kufic script is a later development of this type and is also an example of the pure and harmonious style that was found in Iraq in the Abbasid era.

Sample Text "Plate" within Discover the collections of Islamic art. Museum Without Borders, 2026. https://islamicart.museumwnf.org/database_item.php?id=object;EPM;dn;Mus21;5;ar